Through information collection, the customs risk management authority has released a warning about high-risk shipments, effectively supporting bordergate customs branches in the inspection,supervision and timely prevention of acts of tax fraud and evasion of customs declarants.
To provide effective assistance to the bordergate customs branches in the inspection,supervision and timely prevention of acts of tax fraud and evasion of customs declarants, what has the risk management agency done?
In recent years, with efforts to reform, improve openness and accelerate the process of international integration, Vietnam has gained important achievements in economic development. However, in addition to the opportunities and advantages, the downside of globalization isthe increase in violations in the field of state management of customs such as smuggling, illegal cross-border transportation of goods andtrade fraud in the direction of an increasingly complex nature, form and scale. Therefore, the Risk Management Department has focused on enhancingthe collection of information, analyzing and assessing risks to meet customs operations; ensure the initiative in detecting and preventing the risks of violating customs laws.
The Risk Management Department advised the leaders of the General Department of Customs to issue a risk control plan for the whole sector, which identifies key risks arising in annual import and export activities.
Along with that, proactively developing, coordinating and deploying risk control projects, typically the risk control project in the activity of taking advantage of the Green channel declaration for imported and exported goods to take measures to control risk in the key fields, areas and activities related to smuggling, tax evasion and trade fraud.
In particular, specialised risk management forces at all levels have strengthened and promoted the effectiveness of monitoring, analysis and assessment of risks of commodity information before arriving at the border gate in combination with other information sources to propose and apply appropriate risk control measures for key shipments. Thereby, the border gate Customs branches conducted strict inspection and supervision and promptly detected and seized dozens of smuggling and illegal transportations of large volumes of prohibited goods.
In addition, the Risk Management Department also strengthened the alerting of risk signs, methods of smuggling and trade fraud to assist border-gate customs branches in customs inspection and control for import and export goods, such as warnings about methods of hiding drugs inportable speakers to transport drugs to avoid the inspection of the competent forces, or cheating in importing goods deposited in bonded warehouses to prevent the situation that the goods have not yet been in the bonded warehouses but have been transported for domestic consumption.
What solutions has the Customs sector been implementing to prevent businesses from intentionally taking advantage of the "Green channel" to fraud and evade taxes?
Customs forces at all levels continue to strengthen the coordination mechanism to synchronize professional measures and exchange information to control the risk that enterprises take advantage of the Green channel for smuggling and trade fraud. In particular, focusing on the following solutions as below:
Firstly, strengthening the collection of information on goods before arriving at ports (e-manifest) in combination with other information sources to select pre-customs clearance screening to proactively detect infringing shipments upon arrival.
Second, stopping the goods through the supervision area to inspectthe export and import declarations of Green channel showing signs of violations.
Thirdly, reviewing and analysing risks with information and data of Green channel declarations; taking post-customs clearance inspection measure for enterprises showing signs of abusing the Green channel for smuggling, tax fraud and evasion or trade fraud.
Fourthly, assessing and rating the enterprise's risk based on the results of risk analysis and assessment.
Fifthly, providing information and warnings about the subjects and methods of abusing Green channel for smuggling, tax fraud and trade fraud.
At the same time, strengthening the communication to raise awareness of enterprises in complying with customs and tax laws.
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Source: VCN
Key words: risk control, focuses on, key subjects
